Car-coupling



(No Model.)

W. W. NEWGOMB.

l GARGOUPLING.

16.274,960. Patented Apr. 3,1883.

.liillllllll Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.V

WILLIAM W. NEWUOMB, OF BRADFORDSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

.'CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,960, dated April 3, 1883.

Application filed February 5, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. NEW- COMB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bradfordsville, in the county of Marion and State of Kentucky, have invented cer-tain new and useful Improvementsv in Link-Rests for Car-Couplers; and ldo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to car-couplers; and itconsists in the construction, adaptation, and application to a coupler ot' a lin k-rest, by means ot' which the link is rigidly held in proper po sition for insertion in the mouth ot' the opposite coupler as the two cars come together, the jar occasioned by the meeting of the couplers serving to automatically release the rest mechanism, thereby allowing the link to opcrate loosely subsequent to the coupling ot the cars, the adjustment ot' the link being accomplished without danger to the operator, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

i In the drawings,Figure 1 is a iront end view ofacoupler,showingthelink-whichisin transverse section-as held by the rest mechanism in proper position for insertion in the mouth of an opposite coupler. Fig. 2 is a similar View of a coupler and link, showing the latter released from the rest mechanism. Fig. 3 is aside elevation ot' my improved device, also showing the link released from the rest mech' anism, the draw-head ot' the coupler being shown in vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a side elevation ot' `a portion of one and a longitudinal vertical section of a portion of another of two couplers, showing attached to the latter coupler a portion ot' my improved rest mechanism in the act of holding the link for insertion in the mouthof the opposite coupler, the couplers in this instance occupying planesofdierent height; and Fig.5is a transverse section of acoupler having applied thereto a modified form ot' rest mechanism.

To the under side of the draw-head ot' a coupler, A, is pivoted, as at c, a lever, B, which has a lateral extension, so as to be grasped and operated from the side of the car without .necessitating the operator to stand between the two carswhile they are being coupled. To

the lever is pivoteda stem, C, which passes verlink in proper position for insertion in theV mouth of the opposite coupler while the two cars are coming together, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. Upon that side ot the under portion of the draw-head which is opposite tothe side occupied by the lever pivot or fulcrum a, as `above described, is constructed a ratchettoothed keeper, E, by which the lever B is retained in position after having been depressed sufficiently to give to the outer end of the linkthrough the instrumentality ofthe hook d and i'ulcrum-restjLthe elevation or depression necessary to insure its entrance into the mouth ot' the opposite coupler. The spring F, actuating the slide-rest e, causes the normal position ofthe lever which rests upon it to be upward. The hold ot' the lever when engaged with any ot' the lower ratchets ot' the keeper E is sufficiently light to be broken by the jar consequent upon the jamming of the two coup- 1ers against each other as the two cars come together. The lever, .being released from the keeper, is forced up by the spring, as shown in `1*`igs.2 and 3,carrying with itthe hook d.. Thus at the proper timeimmediately subsequent to orat the Sametime ofthecoupling ofthe carsthe link is `automatically' relieved from the inuence ofthe Vrest mechanism, and is allowed to operate loosely around the pins in the two couplers. i The link g and piu h, used in connection with my improved device, are constructed in the usual well-known way.

l do not confine myself to the springreplacing mechanism F and e, as the same eiiect may be produced by locating the lever above the coupler and replacing the lever pivoter fulcrum a between the stem C and keeper E, as shown in Fig. 5, the weight of the outer end of the lever acting as a substitute for the spring.

It will be observed that with my improved ssA rest mechanism the outer end of the link can be elevated or depressed to any desired degree and held in that position until automatically released by the coupling of the cars, as above described, the ratchets in the keeper E admitting of all necessary adjustments of the lever by which the depressing-hook is actuated and confined.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a car-coupler provided with the usual pin and link, the laterally-projectin g lever, the depressing-hook, restshoulder or link-fulcrum, and keeper, substan- 15 tially as described.

2. In combinationl wit-h a ear-coupler provided with the usual pin and link, the lever B, depressing-hook d, rest-shoulder or linkfulcrum f, keeper E, spring F, and slide-rest e, zo

substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM W. NEWGOMB. 

